Title: Coming Back...

Rating: PG

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This is a story based on a challenge of Elisabeth's from Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Except I changed the couples in the story because I cannot write Angel well and I adore writing Xander with a kid fics.

The Other Woman Challenge.

Buffy, after her union with Angel, became pregnant. After hiding it from everyone, she gives the baby to Angel when he leaves Sunnydale. Years later, when she finally thinks it's time to go back for her child. Only, when she does go back to LA, she witnesses something, her child calling someone else "Mom".

Requirements: -Buffy's feelings about seeing this.

Options:

-The other woman can be anyone: Faith, Cordy, Fred, Nina, other.

-The child can be almost any age

-The child can be male or female.

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"Where are we going?" Chloe asked as her dad sat braiding her hair. Her mommy had let her wear her favorite dress, it was long and flowy and her mom had one just like it.

"I told you, weren't you listening?" Xander teased, brushing out her hair again. Braids were not his specialty.

His girl looked back at him, "No. Auntie Anya gets back today, are we going to see her? She said when she got back she'd have a present like whipped cream." She said with an evil glint in her eyes.

"You and I are going to spend the day with my friend Cordy then I'm going to go to a meeting and your going to spend some time with Cor. You'll like her; she's a lot like you." He explained not adding she's a lot like you because your half her. He also choose to ignore the whipped cream comment, but making a mental note to speak to the former vengeance demon about what she was telling his daughter.

"Mommy?" She called, "Daddy's messing up my braid."

Tara poked her head into Chloe's room, a textbook in one hand and highlighter in the other, "Forget it Xand. It looks fine loose. Are you ready to go?" She asked Chloe.

The other girl looked at her sandals sheepishly, "Can't you come?"

It was breaking Tara's heart to let her little girl go off, but she had been the one to say Chloe should spend time with her, "You'll have a lot of fun."

"Okay..." She replied dragging the word out.

Xander gave Tara a sympathetic smile before heading out the door Chloe in tow. "Love you." He called.

"Love you more than M&M's. "Xander's daughter hollered.

Tara smiled; M&M's were Chloe's highest praise "Love you too."

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Is she even going to like me, or am I going to be all strange and weird.

What if I get a vision and go all headache-y and moan-y on her?

She's going to hate me.

Xander told Cordelia to meet them at the magic shop, they were going to go to the park, Chloe loved the swings. She had been sure to tuck that away with all she knew about her daughter. Along with her love for money and her admiration for Anya, the vengeance demon, well former because of her.

She also knew that Chloe wanted to be a witch when she grew up, Xander had mentioned it once in a later, a passing comment but it had stuck in her brain. Chloe wanted to be like Tara.

She wants to be like her mom.

I don't hate her anymore, I shouldn't and I have no right.

If anything she should hate me. I'm taking away the girl she calls her daughter.

"Earth to Cordelia?" Xander said waving a hand in her face. Chloe clung to his hand staring up at her.

"Hey Chloe, all ready to go to the park?" She asked giving her a warm smile.

"I guess."

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Xander rested on a bench, one eye on Chloe at all times. Cordelia was pushing her on the swings and Chloe was laughing something she rarely did in front of strangers. She was so much like Tara.

"You're almost as good a swing-pusher as daddy." Chloe told Cordy as she slowed down. Cordy was nice, not as nice as Auntie Willow but still nice, "But he's really strong! He builds buildings."

Cordelia smiled, "I know."

"And my mommy she goes to school like Auntie Willow. Auntie Buffy works at the burger place and Uncle Oz is in a band. " She explained.

Hearing her call Tara mommy doesn't hurt as much as it used to.

I owe a lot to her.

Chloe really seems to love her.

"I'm going to play on the slide; you can spend time with daddy." She added generously.

Grateful for the break, she didn't understand how Xander did it.

"Chloe really seems to like you." Xander said when Cordy joined him on the bench.

That made her beam with pride, "Thanks. She's a great kid. You did a great job raising her. Tara too."

A really good job.

"I would have never done it without her, she watched Chloe while I went to work, Chloe loved her from the start." Xander started off on stories of Chloe his voice full of pride when he told how she bit Spike for the first time.

"Daddy! Daddy!" Chloe said rushing over, "I can do the monkey bars come see!" She said grabbing his hand, "You too Cordy. I'm really good."

She was about halfway across before she started to slip, Xander reached to catch her but he missed and she hit the ground scrapping her arm against a screw. Biting her bottom lip for a moment she stared at the cut on arm filling up with blood before bursting into tears.

"It's okay Chloe girl." Xander said picking her up and carrying her to the bench.

"It hurts!" She hiccoughed and Cordelia heart broke, "I want mommy."

"I've got a first aid kit in her bag." Xander said.

The older brunette looked admiring at her old boyfriend; he had matured so much over the last few years.

Pulling out the alcohol he warned it might sting, that just Chloe cry more.

Maternal instincts kicked in and Cordy started into an elaborate story about Xander back in high school. Pretty soon Chloe was laughing loudly and when Xander claimed in was better, she looked at it and shrugged.

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"Mommy lookie! I got hurt and daddy was in high school and he was really silly." She said running into the apartment, Xander and Cordelia trailing behind her, "And Cordy's almost as cool as M&M's. She also a really good swing pusher! Can she come back?"

"Sure sweetie, if she wants too."

Chloe started in on the story her biological mom had told her and something hit Cordelia when Tara started laughing.

I have no right to take her away from her mom.

I can be part of her life but Tara's her mom.

But it still hurts but Chloe loves her so much and I don't want to hurt Chloe.

Pulling Xander aside Cordy told him, "Don't tell her."

"What?"

"Don't tell her I'm her mom. Tara's her mom. I can live without her."

Xander started to protest, surprising even himself but Cordy shook her head, "I'm not going away though don't think you can get rid of me! I'm going to be cool Auntie Cordy. "

"Wouldn't have it any other way!" Xander said, staring at Tara lovingly.

Cordelia smiled to herself.

I got what I wanted, Chloe knows who I am. Sorta.

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A/N: All done, it may be done but I'm working on a sequel where Chloe is a teenager and finds out about Cordelia being her mom.

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